The Young Adventurers - Set of 3 books!

By Enid Blyton (Ships as 1 Item)

The very first book in the Riddle series which was first published in Britain under the title "Holiday House" in 1955. It was altered and updated to become part of the Riddle Series in 1997 by Enid Blyton’s daughter, Gillian Baverstock. The book follows the brother –sister pair of Nick and Katie who are sent to Holiday House on holiday. There is lots of exploring to do and when they discover strange lights, a man in the window of the abandoned house on the cliff plus the entrance to an underground tunnel and what with things starting to disappear from the house, it soon becomes apparent that things are not so calm and serene as they seem in Holiday House. The book is expertly written and I was as much thrilled while reading it as when I was ten. The description of the mansion like Holiday House with its tower overlooking the sea and the abandoned house on the cliff with its mysterious air all excite and take us on a journey where everything is perfect with big beaches, deep blue oceans, mysterious houses, old stories of pirates, secret tunnels, long holidays of leisure and most importantly no hustle bustle of traffic. I was so caught in the book that I couldn’t keep it down until it was finished.

Enid Blyton has woven together mystery, laughter, sadness, hope, guilt, evil, love, jealousy, triumph and justice all so expertly in this story. There is the jealousy of Clare when she feels that she is forced to share her mother with the other children; the love and duty that Gareth feels towards his brother Peter that he strives to hide him from everyone; the hope that Mrs Holly feels when she tries to make Clare understand that she loves her above all; the evil that we see in Sam who is unrepentant of his sins. All the emotions are simply yet effectively delivered to the reader and which leave their impact on us long after we have read the book.

About the author (2004) Enid Blyton, 1897 - November 28, 1968 Enid Blyton was born in London in 1897. She was educated in a private school and thought that she would become a musician until she realized that writing was her passion. She attended Ipswich High School where she trained to become a kindergarten teacher and eventually opened her own school for infants. Blyton's first poem was published in 1917, entitled "Have You-" which appeared in Nash's Magazine. In 1922, her first book of verses was published, entitled "Child Whispers." In 1926 she accepted a position editing the children's magazine "Sunny Stories" as well as writing the column "Teachers World." Blyton's first full length children's book was published din 1938 and was titled "The Secret Island." After working on the column for years, Blyton quit "Teachers World" in 1945 and also ended her stint as editor of "Sunny Stories" seven years later. In 1953 she started her own children's magazine called "The Edith Blyton Magazine" which featured stories about her characters and news on the clubs formed around them. Her most famous stories were those of the "Famous Five" The Magazine closed in 1959. In the 50's and 60's Blyton was criticized for the language in her book, for being to simple, but some 300 are still in print today. Blyton has published over 600 books in the course of her career. Enid Blyton died in her sleep on November 28, 1968. She was 71 years old.

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